In studies of intergenerational families, what is the most likely type of economic transfer of resources?
a. Adult children give more money to their aging parents than they receive from them.
b. Aging parents live in their child's home and pay rent.
c. Aging parents pay interest free loans on money they borrow from their children.
d. Adult children receive more money from their aging parents than they give.
d
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A researcher asked students of different ages "What would the world be like if humans had tails?" According to Piaget's theory, which one of the following answers would be most likely from an adolescent in the formal operational stage?
a. People don't have tails, so this is a useless exercise. b. I guess they could swing from trees just like the monkeys I saw at the zoo. c. People would be able to hold tails and pass notes under the table while still keeping both hands on the table. d. I wouldn't like having a tail all the time.
Researchers who examined student's reactions to traumas like car accidents and health issue found that students
A. low in coping flexibility experienced less stress as a result of the traumas. B. low in coping flexibility experienced no stress from the traumatic events. C. high in copying flexibility experienced less stress as a result of the traumas. D. high in copying flexibility experienced less avoidance of future traumas.
Regarding the psychodynamic therapy used today, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. More direct questioning is used today to reveal unconscious conflicts. b. Therapists today actively provoke emotional reactions, which lower defenses and provide insights. c. Today's psychodynamic therapy requires more sessions per week over a longer time period than did traditional psychoanalysis. d. Today's psychodynamic therapy has been shown to accelerate recovery.
The Pearson correlation coefficient is used ______.
A. to quantify an association between two categorical variables B. to test null hypotheses about means in a bivariate normal distribution C. to quantify the strength of association between two ratio variables D. when a pair of variables are ordinal measurement